ams-lv2 code is being synced with the latest changes in ams 2.1.1. I am adding the new plugins FFT Vocoder, Analog Memory, Bit Grinder, etc. and syncing the bug fixes and improvements on the existing plugins like the pulsetrain noise type in the noise2 plugin, the frequency update in LFO.

In addition, I am porting additional plugins from ams I didn’t port in the first phase: VC Organ, Dynamic Waves, Sequencers, etc.

In a nutshell, each instrument can have multiple set of layers and the mixer have additional strips for each bank.

Let’s imagine you have samples for direct and overhead takes of a drumkit, Hydrogen can handle that, the jack outputs per instrument will be separated and you can control in the mixer how much of the direct/overhead takes you want.

Long time not posting on the blog, but I have been busy working on a few requirements for Hydrogen, the open-source drum-machine (http://www.hydrogen-music.org).

Two features that are already finished:

Control which instrument is played depending on an e-drum hihat foot-pressure. This is especially useful to play a hihat closed, half-open, 3/4 open and fully open. The pull request on the Hydrogen github is available here: http://github.com/hydrogen-music/hydrogen/pull/167